Stenhammarella turgida (Ach.) Hertel

Syn.: Biatora turgida Ach., Lecidea turgida (Ach.) A. Dietr., Porpidia turgida (Ach.) Cl. Roux & P. Clerc, Stenhammara turgida (Ach.) Körb.
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)
Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)
Note: a specialist of rocks with a low percentage of calcium carbonate, mostly on steeply inclined, north-exposed and rather humid faces; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Luzern; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Liguria;